George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-British baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel ...
His black marble gravestone in the south transept reads GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL BORN YE 23 FEBRUARY 1684 DIED YE 14 OF APRIL 1759. The coat of arms on his gravestone is now very worn. A 19th century ...
The composer George Frideric Handel wrote this letter to his friend and librettist Charles Jennens on 19th July 1744. It was written about a year after the London premiere of Handel's great ...
Handel wrote Zadok the Priest for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Amazingly the piece has been performed at the coronation service of every British monarch ever since. The words are ...